30 Sep, 2008
July 2008, BlueHost Inc. announced that its combined hosting platforms of BlueHost.com and HostMonster.com have surpassed 1,000,000 domains hosted. In case you don’t know, BlueHost and HostMonster are managed by the same management, headquartered in Orem, Utah. The brand “HostMonster” was spun off from the BlueHost in year 2005 to target different markets and help expand the growth of the company.
Interested to learn more about Bluehost/Hostmonster? Visit Bluehost online.
Out of random curiosity, I decided to run a quick check on Hostmonster and Bluehost popularity in Google Insights. And here’s the results I found:
How does Hostmonster perform compare to Bluehost?
Obviously, Hostmonster is no where near to Bluehost in term of popularity.
While the growth trend looks more or less the same, Hostmonster is still way behind of Bluehost, losing 30 points behind Bluehost. The main reason for this, is of course because of the late-coming of Hostmonster in the business. More over, Bluehost’s affiliate program (both in-house and CJ.com) had been running for a long time - where top affiliates had already attached with the company. It makes no sense to switch promoting other hosting company where Bluehost is still at the top of its class.
Considering these facts, Hostmonster growth rate is, in fact, pretty respectable. They were rising from no where and growing fast for the first three years. I expect Hostmonster to grow better - provided that they remain (or keep improving) their current hosting services.
25 Jul, 2008
I am sure you are tired checking out dozens of web hosts accross the web, jotting down notes on their features and pricing. Well let me help you up here - check out the list below for the pricing and hoting features for reputated web hosting companies.
Which web host do I recommend?
Beside Hostmonster; Hostgator, Bluehost, and Lunarpages. Pricing is an important consideration when it comes to picking up the right web host but bare in mind that it is NOT THE ONLY consideration point. The quality of customer support, hosting features, server stability, etc etc should be as well in your check list.
9 Jul, 2008
Not many knew that Hostmonster and Bluehost are working under the same roof at Orem, Utah.
HostMonster location on Google Map:
BlueHost location on Google Map
Same address! Surprise?
Well, the fact is these two shared web hosting and domain registration companies have combined their hosting platforms since September 2007. The merger lead BlueHost/HosMonster Inc. surpass the 525,000 active domain mark in year 2007.
If you search and read detail enough, you’ll notice that it’s not just the registration address of BlueHost and HostMonster are located in the same location; the physical servers and dedicated personnel are as well in place for both companies - having the management team and most of the support staff work on both platforms. You won’t be surprise these two hosting companies have added certain new features including new spam protection, coupons for free PPC advertising credits, powerful shopping carts and merchant account services since the merger.
I guess this explains why the hosting plan of Bluehost and Hostmonster is kinda similar, huh?
